- Bob Enyart
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name = Bob Enyart
residence =Arvada, Colorado
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birth_name = Robert Enyart
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birth_place =Paterson, New Jersey
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occupation =Religious radio
title =Pastor
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religion =Christian
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spouse = Krista (1981–1989)
Cheryl Mayns
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website = official|http://www.kgov.com
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radio talk show host, author, andpastor of Denver Bible Church. He best known for buying nearly $16,000 worth ofO.J. Simpson memorabilia at an auction benefiting the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Enyart then led a group which set fire to the items on the steps of a Los Angeles courthouse in protest of Simpson's inclusion in thePro Football Hall of Fame . [cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67474539.html|title=DENVER BUYER BURNS O.J. MEMORABILIA TV HOST ENYART SPENDS $16,000, THEN TORCHES ITEMS AT L.A. COURTHOUSE|last= Brennan|first=Charlie|date= February 18, 1999 |work= Rocky Mountain News|accessdate=2008-09-21] [cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/39092787.html?dids=39092787:39092787&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+18%2C+1999&author=SEEMA+MEHTA&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=SOUTHERN+CALIFORNIA+%2F+A+news+summary%3B+The+Local+Review+%2F+DEVELOPMENTS+IN+LOS+ANGELES+COUNTY%3B+Group+Burns+Simpson+Memorabilia+Outside+Court&pqatl=google|title=Group Burns Simpson Memorabilia Outside Court|date=Feb 18, 1999|work=Los Angeles Times|pages=B4|accessdate=2008-09-21]Enyart is a proponent of
corporal punishment of children saying that their "hearts are lifted" by spanking. He was sentenced with 60 days in jail for misdemeanor child abuse in 1994. Enyart hit his then girlfriend's 7 year old son with a belt hard enough to break the skin. [cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67481687.html|title=TV HOST BEGINS JAIL SENTENCE BOB ENYART GIVEN 60 DAYS FOR HITTING BOY WITH BELT|last=Gerhardt|first=Gary |date=April 10, 1999|work=Rocky Mountain News|accessdate=2008-09-21] Upon release from jail, Enyart's parole officer filed an objection with the court to Enyart's appearing on thePolitically Incorrect television show but a judge disagreed allowing the appearance. [cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67485131.html|title=JUDGE AFFIRMS ENYART'S RIGHT TO DISCUSS ABUSE CONVICTION ON TV|last=Lindsay|first=Sue |date=June 17, 1999|accessdate=2008-09-21]A series of late night phone calls by Enyart to the general manager of the Kenosha, Wisconsin station which carried his program but publicly disagreed with Enyart's views prompted Senator
Russ Feingold to call for anFCC investigation to see if any laws had been broken by the talk show host. [cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB828A476D9C8A3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title= `Right-wing' TV host will stop late-night calls to foes in Kenosha|date=December 23, 1994|publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|accessdate=2008-09-21]References
External links
* [http://www.denverbiblechurch.org Denver Bible Church]
*Imdb|1065172
*TV.com person|366189
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